To ’Cher With Love

On Saturday, 05 October 2019, Academic Network of Dynamic and Inspired Educators (ANDIE) along with Metamorphosis Theatre Inc. felicitated teachers on the occasion of World Teachers’ Day. They brought out “true to life” experiences of a teacher’s journey in educating young minds and made them feel so good and special.

The imagination and direction of Dr. Omkar Bhatkar brought back those bitter-sweet memories through a collection of poems written by students and teachers from world literature. It reinforced teaching and learning as two sides of a coin. ‘No pain no gain’ that promised greater value rewards but had its downside in encouraging stiff competitiveness. The poems set the teachers’ minds racing to find where they placed themselves. Were they strict, were they over kind? Did they make learning fun? Did they inspire their students to think for themselves or did they feel outwitted by their ‘Googlical’ research?

At fellowship after the performance, the teachers got to meet the cast over tea and snacks. They got to know the passion that brought them to the stage and the fondness with which they remember their teachers.

To read the full story, do go to vol. 6 (December 2019) of EduFOCUS here.